Adam Maas wrote: > There's an interesting rumour thread over at APUG, it seems that Carl > Zeiss may be expanding their new line of 35mm lenses to include a ZK > line, with an announcement supposedly at PMA. > > This would be interesting, as it would mean that there would be a > readily available 85/1.4 in K mount again, along with the excellent > 25/2.8 Distagon (I don't see much interest in the other ZF lenses here > in Pentax-land, the macros and 35/2 are too expensive and the 50 > Planar's no better than the FA) > > No word on what mount, but I'd expect KA, Zeiss is avoiding electronics, > but contact coding and a locking aperture ring are easy, and the > aperture design is already linear on ZF. > > The downside? The Planar 85/1.4 simply doesn't match the A* in performance. > > The Upside: you can actually get one. > > -Adam >
Know what? Considering how much my SMC Pentax 85mm f/1.8 cost me, used, I can't imagine what that 1.4 must cost! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
